Heads of the Lobby of the Eretz-Israel Front in the Knesset, MKs Zeev Elkin and Arieh Eldad commented on US President Barack Obama's call to extend the settlement construction freeze, calling it "invalid intervention."

According to the lobby members, the American president's statement was an attempt to "forcefully overturn the democratic decision of the citizens of Israel, who voted in favor of strengthening the settlement in Judea and Samaria and against concessions and withdrawal." (Roni Sofer)